Self-study
Paleontologists recently excavated two corresponding sets of dinosaur tracks, one left by a large grazing dinosaur and the other by a smaller predatory dinosaur. ███ ███ ████ ██ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ ██████████ ██ ███████ ██████████ ████ ███ ████████ ███ █████████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ██████ █████████ ████████ ████ ██ ██████ ███████ █████ ███ ██████ ██ ████ ████ ███ ███████ ███████████ ██████ ████ ██████ █████ █████ ████ ████████ ████ ███ █████████ ████████ ███ ███████ ███ ███████ ████████ ███ ████████ ███████████ ███████████
Summarize Argument
The argument concludes that the predatory dinosaur likely chased and attacked a grazing dinosaur. This is supported by an analogy drawn to other predatory animals who also match their prey’s stride just prior to attacking.
Identify Argument Part
This is the key feature that links the behavior of the dinosaurs with the analogy drawn to modern mammals.
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a
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This does serve as evidence for the conclusion. The fact that they have matching strides is used to draw the analogy to other predators
b
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This is not rejected by the author. The author believes this is true and uses it to draw an analogy to support their conclusion.
c
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This statement is used as a point of comparison between other predatory mammals in the dinosaur. Thus, it is the basis for this analogy to support the conclusion
d
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This does not anticipate or counteract an objection. It is part of the reasoning that creates the analogy and supports the conclusion.
e
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This is not the conclusion of the argument. This is used to support the main conclusion that the predator dinosaur attacked the grazing dinosaur.